"It's ready and waiting," he said, "we'll show it towards the end of this year."

"They're going through some of the final testing, [but] the car's all done."

Beyond the convertible, Reichman was unable to confirm whether additional variants will join the Vantage family – a V12 version, for example.

"That's too much," he laughed when asked about a new V12 Vantage, "but it would be a good idea".

Given his comments, the new Vantage Roadster will draw upon the coupe's 375kW/685Nm 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8 sourced from Mercedes-AMG, sending drive to the rear wheels exclusively via an eight-speed automatic transmission.

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